596 FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Soil. — The soil selected for olives is light, loamy, and limish, requir- 

 ing water every second day when first set on the ground, and no ma- 

 nure until after the tree is three years old. 



I am sorry to say that there is no printed matter orstatistical reports 



ou horticulture iu existence here, and the above is the best information 



obtainable on the treated subject. 



Jas. Viosca, 



Consul. 

 United States Consulate, 



La Faz, December 21, 1889. 



ECUADOR. 



There appears to be no reason for doubting that in portions of Ecua- 

 dor olives might be grown in perfection, for similar conditions of cli- 

 mate and soil exist to that of France along the shores of the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea, where the best olives in the world are produced. So far as 

 can be ascertained, growing olives in Ecuador has never been tried. 



HoEATio K. Beach, 



Consul. 

 Guayaquil, 1884. 



VENEZUELA. 



The cultivation of the olive is unknown here, owing doubtless to the 

 fact that the climate is too hot and the season too dry. 



Whatever of care or attention for fruits that the people are inclined 

 to bestow is devoted to the orange and banana, though neither these 

 nor any other orchard fruits are exported, and only enough are raised 

 to satisfy the domestic demand; yet, in view of the favorable character 

 of the soil and climate, it is doubtless true that, with a good foreign 

 demand and speedy transportation, the growth of tropical fruits here 

 might assume important proportions and prove amply remunerative. 



WiNFiELD S. Bird, 



Gomul. 

 United States Consulate, 



La Ouayra, November 15, 1889. 



WEST INDIES. 



BERMUDA. 



Mr. Heyl, fruit-grower, of Hamilton,, to Consul Beokwith. 



At one time olive plants were imported here by the country, but as 

 no care was given them, they have since dwindled away, only a few 

 trees Ijere »ud tiiero remaining, but the Iriiit is put to uo use, A little 



